Flash light gun



Feb. 9, 1932. cLERGY FLASH LIGHT GUN Filed July l5, 1929 v m f\ if@ '@@W notch or recess 28 at the extreme end, forming a flange 29 and a shoulder 30. The shoulder 30 is designed to strike the liange 24, while the flange 29 passes outside ofthe flange and strikes the lower face of the primer casing 19, and thereby provides means for limiting the `upward movement of the hammer member 27.

l have fo-und by actualY experience that if the fiange 29 is of the` proper length, then the v outerwall member of the flange-24 ywill be forced 'inwardly bythe shoulder 30, so that a considerable amount of friction is created in the priming material within the primer snif.- ciently to cause ignition of the material without undesirable noise; while if the member 29 were omitted, the walls of the flange 24 will be brought together with great violence, causing a very sharp and `undesirable report from the primer. f 4

The hammer27 is provided with a downwardlyextending shaft 31, the lower end of which `is slidably mounted in a suitable bracketi32. A nut 33 is provided for limitA ing the outward movement of the hammer, at the time, the pan 13 is moved to its open position, by .means ofthe expandable spring 34 wound about the shaft 31.'V However, the nut 33 is so adjusted that when the hammer is in Contact with thepriiner, a small amount of space is provided between the nut 33 and thebracket 3 2, so that the Vnut 33 in no way hinders the striking movement of the hammer. i y l i yThe hammer'has one face provided with a slot 35 for receiving a roller36 mounted on a shaft 37 carried by linlirs38, illustrated by dotted lines in Figure 1. The free ends of the links are fixed to a member 39, slidably mounted von the handle member 10. The member 39 is provided with a linger piece 4;() for actuating the slide member.,

One side of the handle 10v is lprovided with an opening or notch 11, while the adjacent side members are vprovided withV substantially V-shaped notches, so that inclined edges 42 are formed on which the roller 36 'is designedto travel. f

f It will be seen thctdownwa'rdmovement of the member 39 will cause the roller 36 to be moved downwardly andwith it the hammer 27. The roller 36 is moved outwardly by the inclined edges of the side members until it engages the notch 35, after which the hammer27 is'rapidly moved upwardly by the spring 34, causing theprimer to lbe fired. The mechanism foractuating the hammer is illustrated'in my Patent No. 1,671,406, issued May 29, 1923,and a further description of `this mechanism is deemed unnecessary.

Adjustably mounted on the side plate 16 is a bar 43 having atV its lower end what I 4shall term a baffle platel .44 mounted immediately above the primer opening y2O, so that when the pan is filled with powder, a portion liefrooe lently outwardly in such a manner that the lentire amount of powder within the pan will be ignited, even if it is the slow burning type( It is sometimes desirable to adjust the plate 4:1 toward and from the bottom of the pan 13, due to the fact that different makes ofpowderpossess different ignition properties.

Y c Thebar '43 is provided with a slot 45 for receiving a bolt 16 mounted in the plate 16. Said bolt 1416 provides means for locking the bar in its adjustedposition. The bare?) is also providedwith a .slot 117v for receiving a pin 43 also 'mounted'in the'plate 16;." Said pin43 acts asa guide for the bar 13` to retain the plate 114i in a substantially parallel position relative to the bottom of the pan. Thus it will be seen that I have :provided a flash. light 'gun having a firingfmechanism so constructed that the noise of the rim fire' cap will be greatly reduced, and furtherfprovid'es means whereby thej slow firing power` will 'be ignited whether the pan Vis completely full or a small amount of powder used therein. Both of these features are very desirable-in a flash light'gun of the typeabove referredto. One of the most essentialrequirements of a flash light gun is that'it must be positive in its action, as it will be readily seen that valuable pictures may be missed due to the inability of thegun to operateat the proper time, as it isofte'n impossible to retake the picture.

It ,isL also desirable to* eliminate vthe noise as the excessive 'noise caused by the gun causes the subjects to become irritated and nervous. This is especially true where a series ofpiotures must be takenof the same subjects. f

l claim as my invention:

1.' In a. flash light gun,'a pan for receiving flash light vpowder having a bottom, sides and end members with its top open, lthe bottoni of said pan having an ignition device,'a baHie plate supported above said ignition de*- vice and above pori'ld'erV supported on lthe bottomA of said pan, and meansfor adjusting and fixingsaid bafflel plate to anumber of positions toward and from said ignition device.

2, Inr a flashlight gun, a pan for receiving spaced above said Vignition Vdevicey and above powder supported on said bottom, said baffle plate being `supporte'l 'in fixed relation with said bottom, whereby ignition of the powder beneath said baiie will be caused to spread' i laterally to ignite powder supported onv said bottom and adjacent to one side of said ignition device. Y

3. In a flash light gun, a pan for receiving flash light powder having a bottom and an upright back, a baiie plate having an upright member secured to one edge,` said members having a pair of vertical slots, a pin carried by said upright back and for entering one of said slots, a bolt carried by said upright and entering the other slot, and a nut for said bolt.

Des Moines, Iowa, July l2, 1929.

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